The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-13

Then why do you not want the wonel
to vote. She said Jeh Davis was givel
to the women. He, as well a. they
II could not vote. She spoke to SOM
length. She Is q very nice speaker
She is witty and very entertaining.
As the meeting had gotten warmeC
up speakers were numerous and re
marks were made by several present. /.
EVENING SESSION.
Despite the inelement weather O
last night good audience turned out
at the opera house to hear the distin
guished speakers. The meeting wa.
called to order by Mrs. Johns, who an
nounced q solo by Mrs. D. n. Stone
The solo was nicely rendered and re-
ceived hearty applause. Mrs. Johns il
a neat speech then introduced Rev
Anna III. Shaw of Boston, who spoke il
a witty and interesting Mariner. The
following is synopsis of her address:
I believe st. Paul was bachelor be-
cause he said, "WOmen must keep
SILENT If he had been a married
man he would have known better than
say such q thing. A married man
would know it was impossible for a
woman to do such q thing. 1t is not
my practice to scold. never scold
those who come to prayer meeting. I
am thankful for the few who come, SO
many stay away. l am thankful so
many are here. Probably some women
who believe In our cause, persuaded
their husbands to come out, or some
man persuaded his wife.
Francis Parkman says, Power
should always go with RESPONSE
bility." Women have responsibilities
and they should have power. Twill
prove it is not simply justice, but re-
ceSSity, to have woman suffrage. Some
say it is woman's duty to keep house
and raise children for the states good.
do not believe that is all of woman's
duty. Motherhood is good, it is beau
tiful, but it is not the highest crown.
Motherhood may be crown of glory
or crown of shame. l accept that it
is woman's duty to rear children for
the state. Woman to do this must
have the ballot. If mothers do their
duty, the children would be an honor
to the state. It is her duty to do SO,
but she is pOWerless without the ballot.
Suppose 1 have boy. instruct him
carefully for the first seven years;
Then I start him to school.
have taught him temperance
is right and that to drink liquor is
wrong. In Boston one street half
mile long has 14S saloons, one to every
twenty feet. The boy passes these sa-
looms every day. His mind is disturb
ed on the liquor question. Learned
men let saloons exist. The boy wants
to become man. No one ever heard
of boy who wanted to be a woman,
they are not so big fools as that. The
v-oHr nj him hot
while it may be wrong for a woman to
drink or sell liquor, it is all right for a
man. The boy begins to believe in the
saloon business. He is taught that by
the city. teach the boy morals; what
is not good for girl is not good for a
boy. The boy sees the obscene posters
of the low theatrical troupes. He sees
the pictures in such papers as the Pc
lice News and other indecent publica-
tions. We wonder where they learn so
much. They are not fools. You at
tempt to answer all the questions boy
will ask in a half hour you will find out
there is fool, but it is not the boy.
teach him honesty. An honest man
is the noblest work of God. An honest
statesman is noble. God never sue
ceeded very weH in making any. The
boy in passing down thetStreetS, sees the
signs of Free Soup" and free this and
that. The boy wants to get something
for nothing, he goes in and gets it, and
gamblers. While little, with knee pants
on, they play marbles for keeps. They
match pins, heads and tails they
call it. They begin as little
boys to gamble till they gamble their
way to Canada. The boys are inter
ested in base ball. The saloons have
out signs result of base ball games
received every five minutes The
boys rush in from school and bet on
train my boy, have him in the morn
| ing twenty minutes, at noon fifteen
minutes more and little while in the
| evening. The city has him all the
rest of the day. The city proves in
| this instruction. If it is my duty to
raise the boy should have the power
to control the forces that ENTER into
his education. No one has the right
/ to hold woman responsible until she
has the power to stop these evils
| A great deal of the intemperance in
Boston they say is caused by the mis-
cradle water we have. 1t is meat and
drink. No wonder Tanner lived forty
days on it. There is enough meat In
it to keep life in any one. Woman
should have voice on the water queS-
ton. A great deal of sickness is caus-
ed by the poor sewerage. Woman
should have a vote on this question
The education of boys means more
than that the mother should know how
to make pumpkin pies and keep cider
out of mince pies. They need the
right to municipal suffrage. That
| gives woman power to rear the right
kind of SONS and daughters for the
state. The only trouble with Kansas
women, is that they do not understand
their power. If you men who know
the power of the ballot de
not tell the women, YOU
do not do your duty. You should tel
what they have not had. ] plead fO1
the mothers, that they have the power
by which they can do their duty to theil
children. Senator Ingalls, said womeI
were not satisfied; as far as the mum
cipal suffrage Is concerned it is good
but it does not go far enough. He moi
no one else would be satisfied with hal
if they have the right to the whole
Woman has that right and should hav'
takes in the little they have, afte
while they can have more. She theI
explained the suffrage allowed to wo
men in Massachusetts. She concluded
her remarks by saying the womeI
wanted a chance to protect thei
homes.
After the conclusion of her remark
the president introduced Senator L. B
kellogg, who made very sound speed
in favor of equal suffrage, prophesyinl
that the day was not far distant whel
the women would have equal rights.
A duet was then rendered in yer
, pleasing manner by Misses Laura Bake
J and May Drake.
Miss Susan B. Anthony was then in
trOduced and entertained the audienc
in her usual manner. She spoke a
/ ] follows:
s'Senator Kellogg's speech carries 10
8 back two years further than though
{ of last night. / remember the ride i
9 an old stage coach from Leavenwort
| to Topeka and from there to the plaG
3 where spoke. / remember the hous
3 at which 1 stayed that 4th of Jul
: twenty-five years ago. am glad ths
? Senator Kellogg was there. want
]. ask, and try to answer, why whe
3 / women combine and make q deman
they are always laughed al
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